The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-02
THE STATE

The Ashland Chronicle b..
to the list OF Mississippi newspaD M add
An interesting meeting of the n
Institute was held in Meridian l.. teSseAe'.
day. ''u last salgf.
Mrs. E; F. Dalton, one OF the old
dehts OF Columbus, died On the San ,i'' Z; rs
from pneumonia. -''h ins'
Memorial services in commem,-..
the lie OF Bishop Green wsr YER L lli9n g.
Holly Springs last week. ' Heia 10
The Barataria Canning Come.
Biloxi Is IN need of two bpn4--I! At
fifty hands, to open oysters and
| Mr.. John c. Roseborougb. If S.
has moved himself and bis , ,.,-1'oo5A,
Record, down to Duck Hin. t-iV'' u
Vicksburg, like Fayette. doss,,, f...
to inform labor agents that their ro -
preferable to their company. '''a 5
Rev. w. q. MilIsaps, Of Brooka.
died on the 10Th inst, in Cincinpsf; =,
he had gone to be treated Tor Ina 49, gL''s
Hon. Lock f. Houston has been -
ed Circuit Judge of the First Ig5i~lt.ts 1 r-
trict vice Judge j. w. Buchanan. ra.;a- rs
Duck Hill continues to boom. ~
OF iron ore sent from there Ia NJ
last week, yielded IS per cent. ii . p1is
iron. 'I4!a
A movement is on foot in Natsls,
care for and improve the portion - ~ y
cemetery IN which are the graves nj 'ss
Southern dead. NIX
Hon. LAUGH McLsurin, ChaneeD,, 81,
the Tenth Judicial District. whose -. "
expires Tomorrow, has been reappei5,-i
by the Governor. ''''''i
Mrs. E. H. Balfour, wife Of the lat. n.
| W. I. Balfour, of .Yicksburg, died Al az
vile, \. g., last week, ana was ip,er-s4
in Nicksburg yesterday.
The News is the name of a nar ma
recently started in Brookhaven. Bro5s.
haven is now we'll supplied with news J.
she has three weekly papers.
| The proposed South Mississippi A,,;
cultural, Horticultural and MecbapiTsI
Fair Association 10 be held in summit
promises to be great success.
| Walter Patty, young son Of MIN.
Patty, OF Macon, was badly peppered with
bird shot, all over his body, while hunting
with some companions, few days ago.
Hon. Thos. H. Someryille, OF the firm Of
Somerville 4 Mclean, attorneys-at-lsw
has removed from Carrollton TO Winous
where correspondents viii hereafter addres.
him.
Hon. j. w. Buchanan, Circuit Judge Z
the First Judicial District, has resigned 4
accept the position OF general solicitor oi
the Memphis & Kansas City Railroas
Company.
One of the most notable marriages 81.
emnized in North Mississippi, recently.
was that OF DIR. Campbell, superinteudezs
of the Tennessee lunatic asylum, and Mis-.
Inez Sledge, of Como.
Rev. II. J. Harris has commenced ibs
publication OF the Hattiesburg Courier,
with Miss Daisy Harris, as associate. We
welcome Miss Daisy back most cordially
She is indeed an ornament 10 the press
While on their way from Quitmsn ta
their homes ia Wayne county, last week,
Reuben Ponder and Cicero Bradley b.
came engaged in difficulty, which resulted
in the death Of Ponder. Both were inio1i-
Gated
The society reporter for the Times-Dsm-
ocrat, from Nicksburg, outshone herself
l last week in the beautiful account Of the
: marriage Of Miss Nanny McCutcheon and
Mr.. Hugh DeLacy Vincent. 1t was
description worthy Of its theme.
Miss Carrie Conway, young girl Of
! Chatawa, Miss, died suddenly while Wis
4 iting friends in Fort Worth, Texas, last
week. Her body was enbalmed and
brought home, on a special train, accom-
panied by a number OF Borrowing friends.
The interest in the prosecution OF the
Fair Grounds murder at Meridian Is shown
in the citizens meeting held last week to
provide ways and means to raise fund TO
: pay the attorneys Dial and Wltherspoon
a for their services, and to continue TO repre-
sent the State in the habeas corpus trial
1t is rumored that our gallant volunteers
will invite the daughter OF the Conteder-
acv.v Miss Varina Davis, to be their
sponsor at Washington, in May. Hurrah
for the volunteers In the footsteps OF
their fathers, with Davis IN the lead, they
g claim everything" at Washington. -
Vicksburg Democrat.
f During a storm on Saturday night the
: gin house on Capt. \. NJ. Mo0res planta-
ton, about eight miles IRON Scoooa' was
blown down. and his large and commodi-
: ous barn was unroofed. Wind also blew
the roofs off FIVE more smaller houses On
his place. Fortunately there was no one
hurt and the stock also escaped IN
scratched.
A subscriber at Greenville correcls a
statement copied into this column, on 10Th
ult., to the effect that ''the river bank at
Greenville is caving in very rapidly
Our friend says This Is q mistake Inc
river is nearly banks full, and Is sun us
ing slowly, but not caving yet LONG
before it reached the present stage las'
year. the caving was 1righttul but the
worst has passed, and our 'Qaeen oil 'ns
South is on big boom, and ons that "i'i
last"
A young man named Carraway shot an
other man, by the name OF Hackel, il
Vicksburg last week, from the effect Oh
which Hackett died in a few days Iouns
Carraway was engaged to the step-daughtel
of Hackett, and while visiting her at he
home the difficulty arose, which terminated
so fatally. The young man, his sweet
heart and his law-elect, are al
in the county jail, awaiting trial. INT
two latter were arrested as accessories e
the murder.
At the morning service OF the Hol.
| Trinity Episcopal Church, to-day, th
bonds OF the parish, amounting 10 Sl0,5Ot
which were paid on Friday, were placed o
the altar as an Offering from the congrega
ton, and the large and valuable editIc
dedicated to the service of the Lord as
house of worship. The $4,000 was con
tributed in the last ten DAYS 10 pay "a
| debt by the members of the congregatiO
| alone. When the bonds and all evldenc
of the Indebtedness of the parish was lai,
on the altar by Warden Gen. +. s.. Butt
| and DIR. q. w. Howard, the Rector, Bi-ho
Adams, in his remarks, paid beautiiu
tribute to the congregation for the sell
sacrifice made by the members 10 accom-
plish a full settlement. When he referre
10 the zeal and devotion Of the ladies hi
remarks we've extremely touching. II
said, let peace, good will and charity pre-
vail.-Picayune Special.
On Sunday night last, Mr.. r. A. Hanks
OF near Cotton Plant, died OF hydroph0bia
and from reports, his death was one Of tn,
most horrible ever Witnessed In Tippai
county. He was bitten bv a rabid do.
about the 18th Of December last, an,
shortly after he went to Marshall county
and hs | mad stone applied, which W.
| learn stuck for IS hours, after which hi
| felt no uneasiness until Thursday Of last
week, when he began to feel unwell, anl
on attempting to drink water was thrown
into a CONFUSION. He gradually grew
worse, and whenever 1uid OF sny kind was
offered him he was thrown into conyul
sions After suffering several hours before
| bis death from the most excruciating
effects OF this dreadful disease-hydropho-
bia-he expired Sunday evening about
O'Clock. Mr.. Hanks was a good citizen
and leaves family and many relatives
to mourn his sad death.-Ripley New Era
| Those merchants who are just opening
business would do well to lay in large
stock of Arkansas Traveller chewing TO-
bacco, for thev-will find larger demand
for the same than for any other brand now
on the market. Those who have been ~
business for any length of time know the
| necessity Of Leaning ON hand nlentE d.